Recording News

Jazz Guitarist Marc Antoine to Release Peak Records Debut

Source: On Target Media Group
July 20, 2007

On July 24th 2007, Peak Records will release Hi-Lo Split, the genre-spanning full length album from leading contemporary jazz guitarist Marc Antoine. A respected and admired classically trained French contemporary jazz guitarist, Marc Antoine's style transcends several genres including jazz, classical and urban.

Hi-Lo Split, named after the poker game, is Antoine's eighth full-length release and first for Peak Records (Concord Music Group). Among the 11 songs on Hi-Lo Split is a cover of the Classic IV's 40- year-old hit ...

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Stax Reissues Legendary Wattstax Soundtrack on Three CDs

Source: conqueroo
July 18, 2007

Set to Include Performances by Stax luminaries Isaac Hayes, Staple Singers, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Albert King, Little Milton, Johnnie Taylor, Bar-Kays, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, David Porter, The Emotions, The Soul Children, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - In the summer of 1972, Stax Records had an idea that was larger than life. Stax's co-owner, Al Bell, had wanted to expand the soul label's West Coast presence and develop its Stax Films arm. The ideal way ...

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Pete Downes Releases Contemporary Bach Recording

Source: All About Jazz
July 18, 2007

Pete Downes, the jazz fusion guitarist best known for his work with PD3 (Pete Downes Trio) has released a recording of JS Bach Lute Suites on the Wiser Productions Label. The recording is available from digital outlets such as iTunes and is called Music for Guitar: Bach. Although these pieces have been recorded by many great guitarists, Pete felt he could give them a unique interpretation. “I believed I could approach them using what I've learned from jazz and contemporary ...

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Jeffrey Fisher Creates "Jazzy" Instrumental Album With Orchestration

Source: Creative Service Company
July 17, 2007

Jeffrey Fisher is truly a modern-day Renaissance Man, not just adept at a few creative tasks, but dozens upon dozens of different ones. Fortunately for music lovers, his latest endeavor is an original neo-classical orchestral music CD, Fairy Tales, that he created specifically as the score for the ballet “Hans Christian Andersen." This is music that stands totally on its own as an enjoyable modern classical listening experience, but it also can enchant children and their families as they envision ...

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"Lady Day" Gets a New Groove with Billie Holiday Remixed & Reimagined

Source: All About Jazz
July 17, 2007

Following the success of Nina Simone: Remixed & Reimagined, Legacy Recordings continues to expand the jazz paradigm with BILLIE HOLIDAY: REMIXED & REIMAGINED, the second installment of a new series that taps contemporary dance and electronic music's most sought-after producers/remixers to reinterpret classic recordings for a new generation. For this edition, Legacy once again teams with Scott Schlachter (of New York-based dance/ electronic music imprints C&S, Adrenalin and Topaz Records), the producer who assembled the similarly-minded Nina Simone collection released ...

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SF Jazz Records Announces the Release of SF Jazz Collective Live 2007: 4th Annual Concert Tour

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
July 17, 2007

SFJAZZ Records today announced the release of the SFJAZZ Collective's fourth limited-edition (3000 copies) set, Live 2007: 4th Annual Concert Tour. Available exclusively from SFJAZZ--the leading non-profit jazz organization on the West Coast and the presenter of the 25th Anniversary San Francisco Jazz Festival (September 22 through November 30, 2007)--the deluxe, numbered 2-CD set is the definitive record of this all- star jazz ensemble's fourth year. Live 2007 features the Collective's entire 2007 repertoire, including new arrangements of the work ...

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Capitol/EMI to Release Swingin' New Hits Collections for Louis Prima and Keely Smith

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2007

Jump, Jive An' Wail: The Essential Louis Prima Presents 26 of the Grammy-Winner's Best, Including “I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)," “Jump, Jive An' Wail," “Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody," and “Buona Sera"

Keely Smith: The Essential Capitol Collection Features 27 Tracks, Including a Previously Unreleased Live Recording and Duets with Prima and Frank Sinatra Hollywood, California - On July 17, Capitol/EMI will release new single-disc hits collections for Louis Prima and Keely Smith on CD and ...

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Harlem Experiment Featuring Olu Dara, Don Byron, Taj Mahal, James Hunter & More

Source: Calabro Music
July 12, 2007

Brooklyn, NY - It started in 2001 with a simple premise from the groundbreaking indie record label Ropeadope: take acclaimed musicians from a shared hometown, but with vastly different musical backgrounds, put them together in a recording studio and have them create spontaneous art inspired by that city's musical lineage. From this humble thought came Philadelphia Experiment and, hot on its heels, the underground classic Detroit Experiment. Now after four years of deliberation, Ropeadope has broken out its lab coats ...

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